Paper-fastener.



No. 860,426. PATENTBD JULY 16 1907. L. B. WARE.

' PAPER FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22. 190B.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.. PAPER-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed November 22, 190B- sel'iarl Nov 344,539-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCIEN B. WARE, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Paper- Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification,

The object of my invention is to produce a paper fastening clip which,while allowing of the convenient detachment of papers or other articlessecured thereby, will yet more firmly hold such papers together than doother devices of the kind now in common use.. This object I attain inthe following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawing inwhich:

Figure l, is a perspective view of my improved paper fastener; Fig. 2,is a perspective View showing the fastener attached to a number ofsheets of paper; Fig. 3, is a side view of Fig. 2, showing the paper insection; Figs. 4, 5,6 and 7, are detached views of the paper clipillustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 8, is a view of a modification of myinvention, and Figs. 9, 10, 11 and 12, are views of still furthermodifications of the invention.

My improved paper fastener A consists of a base section and a clampingsection consisting of two arms OG which extend over the base section Band I preferably make the fastener of spring wire bent, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. l, to form a (I-shaped base B. The wire is also bentat b-b to form the arms CG, which extend over the base section. The endof the arm 0 is bent to form a notch c with which the arm 0 engages whenforced over the arm G, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

. The arms 0, C are so proportioned that the clip can be readily passedover the paper to be fastened as illus trated in Fig. 3, and the arm 0is then forced down on to the paper by moving the arm C over it and thearm 0 is held in position by the catch 0 binding the paper firmlybetween the arm C of the clamp section and the base section B. By thismeans the fastener is firmly secured to the paper and cannot beaccidently removed, yet can be readily detached by simply lifting thearm 0 throwing it out of engagement with the catch 0 and the arms willimmediately resume their normal positions and the paper will be free.

In Fig. 8, I have shown the arm C having its end bent down to form adepending portion 0 and the extreme end bent up to form the catch 0. Theportion 0 will bear against the paper when the arm 0 is passed over thearm 0.

In Figs. 9 and 10, I have shown a still further modification in whichthe end of the arm 0 is bent to form a catch 0 and the extreme end ispointed as etc to puncture the paper when the arm C is passed over thearm C and locked. I preferably bend the base B so as to form an eye abut a plain loop may be used in some instances as illustrated in Fig. 1,if-desired. Thus when this particular fastener is applied to the paperand the arm 0 locked, it will force the point 0 of the arm G into thepaper making a positive fastening, not relying upon the friction betweenthe base and the arms as in Figs. 1 and 2.

The fastener above described can be made very cheaply and with the useof very little more wire than the ordinary spring fastening now in use.

In Fig. 11, I have shown a modification in which the fixed arm has acatch 6 on the underside and the movable arm is passed under the fixedarm instead of above it. In this instance the movable arm is presseddown upon the paper.

In Fig. 12, I have shown a modification in which the 'device is made ofsheet metal, the base and one arm being preferably punched from sheetmetal, bent as shown and a lip formed on the fixed arm, the removablearm in this instance is made of spring metal and is riveted to the baseso that it can swing over the other arm. The fixed arm may have a pinpoint which will engage the paper if desired.

It will be seen that the form of the fastener may be altered as well asthe form of the catch, and that material other than wire may be used formaking the fastener or parts thereof.

While I have described my invention as particularly adapted as a paperfastener, it will be understood that it can be clamped to any articleand may be used for attaching other articles than paper together withoutdeparting from the essential features of the invention.

I claim;

1. A fastener comprising a base section and a clamping section extendingover the base section, the clamping section consistingof two armsnormally independent of each other, one of said arms being shaped to bemoved laterally across th ther arm into engagement therewith so thatmaterial inserted between the two sections will be clamped therebetween,substantially as described.

2. The combination in a fastener comprising a base section and aclamping section extending over the base section, the clamping sectionconsisting of two disengaged arms normally in the same plane'anddirectly connected to the base section, one arm being arranged to bemoved laterally over the other arm and to force said arm towards thebase section, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a fastener comprising a base sec tion and aclamping section, said clamping section con sisting of two arms, one ofsaid arms being adapted to bear upon the other with spring pressure,with locking means at the end of one arm arranged to engage the otherarm when it is moved laterally over the said arm having the lockingmeans so as to force the said arm to wards the base section,substantially as described.

4. The combination in a fastener comprising a base section, a clampingsection extending over the base section consisting of two arms arrangedin the same plane,.one of said arms being shaped to form a catch and theother arm being arranged to be moved laterally over the arm with thecatch so as to force said arm towards the base section, the catchretaining the other arm, substantially as described.

5. A fastener consisting of a base section and a clamping section havingtwo arms extending over the base section, said fastener being made ofspring metal and in a single piece of wire bent substantially asdescribed, one

of the arms of-"the clamping section being bent at the tion, the saidspring am: being held to the other arm by 10 end to form a catch withwhich the other arm engages, the catch, substantially as described.substantially as described. In testimony whereof, I have signed my nameto this (i. A fastener consisting Qfia base: section and] a clamp ispecification, inrthe presence of" two subscribing witnesses. 5 ingsection having two arms'extending over the base section, one arm havinga notch and a, pointed; end. groject- LUCIEN WARE ing towards the basesection, the other arm being ofsuch 1 Witnesses: a. length as to passover the pointed end and beingof Jos. H. KLEIN,

spring metal to. fouce= the said arm towards the=hasesee-- WM. A. BARR.

